Organised by: Official Lanyard Sponsor: Supported By:
Tamil NaduTyre Dealers’AssociationSINGEX-ECI INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
7–9 July 2015
Chennai Trade Centre Hall 1
Chennai, India
P O S T S H O W REPORT
Your one stop showfor Tyres, Automotive Repair & Maintenance, and Tyre Accessories
EXHIBITORS
Total number of exhibiting companies: 65
International exhibiting companies: 38
Local exhibiting companies: 27
Number of countries: 7
TOTAL VISITORSHIP
Total number of trade visitors: 2,511
Local visitors: 2,455
Number of countries: 26
Number of Media Personnel: 9
TOTAL PARTICIPATION:
No. of participants: 2,738
Number of countries: 30
KEY STATISTICS AND FIGURES
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Our Exhibitors
The 3rd edition of the Tyrexpo India 2015 concluded on a high note on 9 July after three days of
intensive networking and a series of engaging training and demonstration sessions.
With the support from leading industry partners – Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association
(ATMA), Tamil Nadu Tyre Dealers’ Association (TNTDA), Chemical and Allied Export Promotion
Council of India (CAPEXIL), Rubber Board, Govt. of India, International Center for Automotive
Technology (ICAT) and The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) – Tyrexpo India was
successful in being a platform of choice between buyers and sellers of tyres, garage and workshop
equipment, and tyre accessories looking to do business in India.
Tapping on the growth momentum of the medium to heavy commercial vehicle as well as two-
wheelers sector in India, we have introduced several new programs, which include the informative
TyreTalk Seminar, engaging and hands on experience at the Tyrexpo Technical Workshop as
well as the Tyre Times TRiLA Awards, and these supporting event helped to facilitate greater
business and knowledge exchange amongst the participants.
Many exhibitors have also shared their success stories about their participation and this further
anchor Tyrexpo India 2015 to be South Asian’s most established and important platform for the
tyre, garage and workshop community to do business.
South Asia’s Premier Business Platform to Position Leadership
A platform to unlock your business opportunities, showcase your latest products, services &
technologies to potential buyers in the South Asian markets, Tyrexpo India 2015 welcomed a total
of 65 exhibitors from 9 countries who brought along an extensive spectrum of product offerings
ranging from tyres for passenger cars, motorcycles/ scooters, trucks & buses, Light & Heavy
Commercial Vehicles, OTR & Industrial Vehicles, Retreaded Tyres to Equipment for Tyre Production,
Retreading and Vulcanisation.
Tyrexpo India 2015 attracted 2,738 participants from 30 countries, mainly drawing the key players
from over 180 cities within India who are here to make new contacts as well as to source for new
products and services. Serving as a springboard for business success in South Asia, Tyrexpo India
is the ideal platform for people, technology and ideas to converge to create great value for our
trade partners and customers.
Some of our exhibitors of Tyrexpo India 2015 include tyre majors and key industry players such
as Balkrishna Tyres Ltd, Double Coin Holdings Ltd, Elgi Rubber Company Ltd, Sailun Jinyu Group
Co., Ltd and Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd.
OVERVIEW OF TRADE EXHIBITION
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A New Zone To Extend Product Offering
With the exponential growth in the global automotive market being one of the key drivers for the
current expansion in the tyre industry, this year’s Tyrexpo India has also launched a new zone -
Workshop Equipment & Accessories Zone - to serve as a hub for exhibitors and buyers to
congregate and gain greater product exposure in this segment. Some of the exhibitors in this zone
include:
ARO Equipments Pvt Ltd
Corghi S.p.A.
Dalian Huahan Rubber & Plastic
Machinery Co., Ltd
Hebei Jingdong International Co., Ltd
JM Tyre Marc
Unipatch Rubber Limited
Xiamen Honghai Machinery Co., Ltd
Tyrexpo Technical Workshop (TTW)
Jointly presented by SingEx and Elgi Rubber, the
inaugural Tyrexpo Technical Workshop
sessions provided a series of engaging training
and demonstration sessions led by Elgi Rubber.
The tyre repair technique training was a program
tailor-made for visitors from the Tyre
Repair trade, providing them with much needed
industry training and retraining. The sessions
were very well attended and their tyre repair
equipment was also sold to a customer by the
second morning of the exhibition.
TyreTalk Seminar (TTS)
Following the success at Tyrexpo Asia, visitors to Tyrexpo India were offered over 10 sessions of
TyreTalk Seminar sessions where industry partners and exhibitors shared their best practices,
innovations and solutions to help lower business costs and increase efficiency. Topics covered
included the hotly debated BIS Certification for tyres, cost reduction of fleets through use of Tyre
Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and more. Some of the speakers’ lineup includes:
1. Mr Virender Malik, Managing Director of ARO Equipments
2. Mr Danilo Nava of Corghi S.p.A.
3. Mr Phil Nigh of Elgi Rubber
4. Mr Abishek Kumar of Schrader International
5. Peter Haan, Head – OEM, Factory Automation of Siemens AG
6. Mr Vijay Pankhawala, General Manager of The Automotive Research Association of India
7. Dr S. N. Chakravarti of Elastomer Technology Development Society
8. Mr Sudarsan Varadaraj, Chairman and Managing Director of Elgi Rubber
ARO Equipments Pvt
Ltd & Corghi S.p.A
Elgi Rubber
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A successful night of recognition at TRiLA Awards
SingEx was honoured to co-host the inaugural Tyre & Rubber
Industry Leadership Acknowledgement (TRiLA) Awards with
Tyre Times at Tyrexpo India. TRiLA Awards, a brainchild of Tyre
Times was created to bring to the forefront talent,
achievement, excellence and quality products from within tyre
and associated industries and to share their achievement s with
the rest of the world. Sharing their passion to recognise the
efforts of the industry players and those who made the
campaigns, brandings and sales happen; SingEx was delighted
to sponsor the TRiLA SingEx Exhibitions Pte Ltd Marketing
Person Of The Year award. SingEx Exhibitions would also like
to congratulate Mr Prabhakar Tiwari from CEAT Tyres Ltd for winning this award, which recognises
originality and creativity in the marketing and promotion of products or services. This collaboration
with Tyre Times is the first step towards bringing about an improvised and holistic business
platform for the tyres, garage and workshop equipment, and tyre accessories in India.
Our Visitors
Highly targeted visitor promotion campaigns were deployed to reach the most relevant visitor and
buyer groups for the Tyrexpo India exhibition. It has been the key factor for ensuring that the right
quality of visitorship are being presented to the exhibiting companies which thus lead to more success
in securing business opportunities at the show. This year’s exhibition welcome close to 2,800 trade
participants from 30 countries with majority coming from over 180 cities within India. Close to 40%
of the trade visitors hold senior managerial positions, with more than 89% of the trade visitors
holding purchasing authority and/ or being in the position to influence and recommend.
India
P.R. China
Singapore
Russian Federation
Japan
Sri Lanka
United Arab Emirates
Bangladesh
Kenya
The Netherlands
Top 10 Participating
Countries
Close to 98% of Tyrexpo India’s participants, from over 180 cities in
India clearly demonstrated that this premier event is one of the
most important meeting point for international suppliers to
meet potential buyers in India.
The Key Exhibition for the India Tyre Market
Local visitors from
180 cities
Chennai Bangalore
New Delhi Coimbatore
Mumbai Vellore
Hyderabad Pune
Gurgaon Salem
Top 10 cities
Mr Prabhkar Tiwari, CEAT Tyres Ltd
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Close to 40% of our visitors hold senior positions in their companies while 45% of the crowd were
from the middle management positions. This reflects the plenteous opportunities to meet the key
decision makers and influencers at Tyrexpo India 2015.
This further ascertained that Tyrexpo India delivers content (both via the knowledge transfer
platform and the exhibition floor) that attracted decision makers to Tyrexpo India 2015 where they
are able to acquire business solutions and new networks to bring their business to another level.
Top Decision Makers at Tyrexpo India
The array of sectors reflected by our visitor attendance demonstrated clearly that Tyrexpo India is
the ideal platform for people, technology and ideas to converge to create great value for our
participants. At Tyrexpo India, you will be able to meet industry colleagues mainly from the
Automotive, Mining, Construction, Agriculture and Logistics & Transportation sectors all in one
business platform.
A Converging Platform For The Industry
Agriculture4%
Logistics & Transportation
7%Association
10%
Media8%
Automotive49%
Mining12%
Construction5%
Others (Aviation, Service, …
TRADE VISITORS' BUSINESS SECTOR
Executive7%
Middle Management
45%
Senior Management
38%
Others10%
TRADE VISITORS' PROFESSIONAL STATUS
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Academic3%
Corporate Management4%
Human Resource1%
Operations4%
Regulations1%
Administration5%
Engineering17%
Logistics & Transportation, 6%
Policy Making4%
Research & Development
5%
Business Development
12%
Finance2%
Marketing 13%
Production 5%
Sales10%
Contracting / Procurement, 1%
Freight Services1%
Media,2%
Public Relations1%
Supply Chain Management 2%
Others2%
TRADE VISITORS' JOB FUNCTION
At Tyrexpo India 2015, our newly introduced Workshop Equipment & Tyre Accessories
Zone where exhibitors of these profile were given a dedicated area for potential buyers to
locate them, coupled with the debut of the popular TyreTalk Seminar and engaging
hands-on Tyrexpo Technical Workshop, allowed our trade visitors from various
vertical and horizontal job function to benefit from the exhibition and networking
opportunities all within one business platform over the 3 days.
A Business Platform That Caters To A Multitude of Vertical Job Functions
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Attend TyreTalk Seminar
8%Check ot competitor's
products, 8%
Evaluate show for future
participation 7%
Keep up with industry
developments15%
Make new contacts
18%
Meeting existing contacts
11%
Negotiate deals6%
Place Order/ Contract
7%
Source for agents/
distributors9%
Source for new products and
services11%
TRADE VISITORS' PURPOSE OF VISIT
With 24% of the visitors attending Tyrexpo India to place orders, negotiate deals and source
for new products and services, 27% attending the show to make new contacts and source for
agents and distributors, and 15% who were here to obtain and keep up with industry
developments, Tyrexpo India continues to cement its position to be the important
platform in India for companies to position themselves as the leader in this industry.
A Platform Catered For All Business Needs
Decision Maker43%
Specifier 21%
Influencer 25%
Others11%
TRADE VISITORS' PURCHASING AUTHORITY
Among our trade visitors, 43% of them were decision makers in their companies’
procurement process while 46% of them holds position that specifies or influence
procurement decisions. This further established Tyrexpo India to be the platform where
industry players attends to check out products and make procurement decision for the
upcoming financial year. This will definitely be the right platform for potential exhibitors to
showcase their products to the industry.
A Platform Catered For All Business Needs
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Association/ Publishers/ Media/ Training Institution
2%
Equipment for Tyre Production,
Retreading and Vulcanisation
8%
Garage and Workshop Fittings
4%
Garage Equipment4%
Industrial Safety5%
IT services/ solutions,4%
Retreaded Tyres, 6%
Tubes and Casings5%
Tyre Disposal and Recycling
5%
Tyre Repair and Changing
Equipment,6%
Tyres - Light and Heavy Commercial
Vehicles , 10%
Tyres - Motorcycles and Scooters
7%
Tyres - OTR and Industrial
8%
Tyres - Passenger Cars9%
Tyres - Trucks and Buses
9%
Wheels and Rims4%
Workshop Equipment
3%
Others2%
WHAT ARE OUR VISITORS LOOKING FOR
In this edition of Tyrexpo India which is traditionally and strongly anchored as the key
show for the tyre industry in India - Tyres for light and heavy commercial vehicles,
passenger cars, trucks & buses and OTR and Industrial vehicles remained as the top items
on our buyer’s procurement list.
With the new introduction of the Workshop Equipment & Tyre Accessories Zone, trade
visitors were able to search and view products and services such as the equipment for tyre
production, retreading and vulcanisation, tyre repair & changing equipment within the
dedicated area for this business sector.
With an expanded product profile for Tyrexpo India, we continue to build a business
community for like-minded industry players to network and do business within India as
well as across or Tyrexpo Series of events held in 4 countries.
Trade Visitors’ Procurement List
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“I’ve found this expo adding a lot of business for us. I have signed up a few clients on
this visit & hence, I would definitely recommend this expo in the future.”
Visitor
Mr. Prasanth Warrier
Consultant & CEO
Rubber Machinery World India
“We have participated in Tyrexpo India since 4 years back and it was a good
exposure and we have sign 2 deals which was worth 4 million dollars, and another 2
deals again subsequently. This year’s Tyrexpo India has been fruitful and has been a
prime launching platform for new products.”
Exhibitor
Mr. Rahul Shringarpure
Managing Director
IndoGreenEnviro Pvt. Ltd, India
“This is an event where we can meet all of our India clients. Last year we also see
more and more international customers and friends coming here. So we already have
discussion with the international visitors at our booths. And of course, what is new in
this fair is the TyreTalk Seminar, it was a great platform to show our partners and
customers, the latest developments in what we thrive globally but also locally in the
tyre industry in India.”
Mr. Sachin Kadve
Senior Executive, Business Development
Siemens Ltd, India
INDUSTRY SPEAKS OUT
